RMS Upgrade

Members
may have noticed that they are not able to currently access the Rider
Management System. The upgrade is continuing. The developer, Steven, was
successfully able to retrieve much of the old data in a variety of
formats. He's now working on some additions so that we'll be better able
to manage marshals, race directors and authorised traffic controllers,
as well as provide as much post race information as possible. Stay tuned
for the news on the rollout.

Thanks to Allan Bontjer also for his coordinating and provision of technical support.

Register for Fitz's Challenge in 2015

Fitz's
Challenge - Canberra’s long distance cycling event – will be held on
Sunday 25 October 2015 to provide participants the chance to choose
their challenge from one of five course distances while also raising
much needed funds for The Kids’ Cancer Project.

From the Desk of the Handicapper

Tony Beasley D -> CPhil Anderson E -> DJan Koehler E -> D

Currently the RMS is undergoing a revamp so not all handicaps are accurate. Contact thehandicapper@actvets.ccif
you'd like to change. You can change on the day, just make sure it's
before 13:15, and don't then win if you decided to ride in the lower
grade. I won't be at the next two races, but other committee members may
be just as flexible.

RACE REPORT:

Cole Family Trophy – 1st August

The
Cole Family Trophy has been a regular event on the vets winter road
race calendar for many years. The sponsor of the trophy, Barry Cole aka
"the Flea" is one of the founding members of the ACTVCC and although no
longer an active competitor, he did race for many years in both club
events and some of the classic races in NSW and other states.

The
race on Saturday was a normal handicap but it should have been a secret
handicap, as evidenced but the inscription on the trophy but such
little slipups did not prevent the race from being a success. The
forecast of unpleasant weather, cold, windy and possible rain did not do
much for the attendance and at the start line there were only 36 riders
with all groups except B Grade having small but adequate numbers. Rob
Langridge the handicapper, did his best to give all groups a good chance
of winning. Limit was a very generous 45 minutes and Bernie Crowe, the
only rider in that category, set off into the blustery weather with a
look a of grim determination on his face.

It
seemed like an age before the scratch group finally got away and by the
end of the first full circuit it seemed that either Bernie or someone
in the E Grade group (17 min) might be the winner. However it was not to
be, persistent hard riding in difficult conditions by the scratchies,
Marc Vroomans and Aaron Sedgmen got them to the chequered flag just 20
seconds ahead of Chris Nolan from the C grade (8 min) bunch. Accurate
handicapping resulted in at least some riders from all groups reaching
the line not too far behind the overall winners. Fastest time was Marc
Vroomans at 1:14:33 with Aaron Sedgmen just 1 sec off.

Bernie
off limit finished 11th, 2:56 behind the winner. Congratulations to all
the place getters including the first three women to finish, Polly
Templeton, Kirsty McVay and Liz Lowe who were also recipients of a
trophy and medals.